Reconnect, engage, and celebrate your journey with Jazz at Lincoln Center! Whether you’ve taken the stage as an Essentially Ellington participant, studied the music through our Jazz Academy programs, or participated in some of our other education programs, you’re part of an illustrious community of musicians and jazz lovers who are keeping this music vital. Sign up to be a part of the JALC Alumni Network today.
By signing up to the JALC Alumni Network, you’ll receive our monthly Alumni Newsletter, featuring
• Alumni Spotlights: video interviews with notable JALC Alumni
• Community Corner: a digest of alumni projects, achievements, gigs, and album drops
• Jazz Mixtape: playlists curated by staff and alumni
• Special offers and discounts for alumni
You’ll also be invited to Alumni reunions and events at the House of Swing, where you can reconnect with fellow alumni, catch live performances, and enjoy inspiring guest speakers.
If you’d prefer not to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time.
With sincere thanks to Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, Vice Chair, Jazz at Lincoln Center Board of Directors, for her foundational support of the Alumni Network.
Alumni Spotlight
In this month’s Alumni Spotlight, chemistry professor Paul Brown reflects on his Essentially Ellington experiences in 2015 and 2017, his enduring appreciation for jazz, and the surprising connections between jazz and chemistry.
Past Alumni Spotlights
—Will Aronson (EE 1997, 1999 Guilford High School)
—Liany Mateo (SJA 2016, CJC 2020)
—Erica von Kleist (EE 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 –William H. Hall High School)
—Anthony Hervey (EE 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 – Dillard Center for the Arts)
—Greg McCrossan (EE 2008 – Medfield High School)
Community Corner
In our newsletter each month, we share a digest of alumni gigs, projects, album releases, and more. Contribute your news!
Jazz Mixtape
Each month, we also feature a playlist curated by a different member of the JALC staff or alumni. Last month’s playlist was curated by Alexa Tarantino, saxophonist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
